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To Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Smith
Charlestown, Indiana,
RR#1
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FROM 6984860,
EVERETT E. SMITH
T/SGT. EVERETT E. SMITH, 6984860
835TH AIR ENGINEERING SQUADRON,
409TH AIR SERVICE GROUP, APO 557,
% POSTMASTER, NEW YORK, N. Y.
1ST AUGUST 1945.
DEAR BROTHER, SIS, AND FAMILY;
DUE TO THIS PREVAILING WINDS WHICH HAVE CAUSED SUCH A DISTURBANCE THAT ONLY THIS INSIDE WORK CAN BE PROGRESSIVE AT PRESENT, I'M AT LIBERTY TO DO AS I JOLLY WELL PLEASE. THEREFORE I'LL DO MY BEST TO GIVE YOU A COMPLETE
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORLD'S FAMOUS CITY CALLED PARIS. STRANGE THAT YOU SHOULD GIVE ME JIM CAIN'S ADDRESS THE SAME DAY THAT WE MET.
FIRST OF ALL WHEN YOU GO TO A NEW AND HISTORICAL PLACE SUCH AS THIS, YOU NATURALY WANT TO BUY SOUVINERS. HOWEVER THIS IS ONE PLACE WHERE YOU DON'T DO SO; BECAUSE MONEY HAS NO MEANING TO THE NATIVE. SAW A BEAUTIFUL SCARF WHICH HAD EVERYTHING FROM SOUP TO NUTS ON IT IN BOTH WRITING AND PICTURES, AND FIGURED I'D PURCHASE SAME FOR MY WIFE. UPON THE SECOND LOOK I SPYED A SMALL BILL WHICH READ 1500 franks ( $30.00 to you), SO I LEFT IT IN THE SHOW CASE. LOOKED ALL OVER THE JOINT AND FINALLY DECIDED THAT I COULD AFFORD A VERY SMALL HANDKERCHIEF FOR BOTH MOTHER AND DOT. THEN MY BUDDIE AND I WENT ON AN AMERICAR [American] RED CROSS TOUR OF THE CITY AND SAW EVERYTHING FROM THE CRADLE OF PARIS TO FOCH (WALL STREET OF EUROPE). EIFFLE TOUR, ARC-DE-TRIMPH, AMERICAN EMBESEY, NOTRE DAME, TOMB DEDICATED TO THE AMERICAN SOLDIER WHICH HAS A TORCH THAT HAS BEEN BURNING CONTINUALLY SINCE 1920, AND DOZENS OF OTHER PLACES WERE INCLUDED IN THE TOUR.
ALLIED FORCED ARE QUARTERED IN THE BEST HOTELS ALL OVER THE CITY, MUCH TO THE CITIZENS DISLIKE, AND THE BEST OF THE THEATERS RUN AMERICAN FILMS SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND THEM. THE NIGHTCLUBS ARE WELL RUN BUT SEEM VERY QUEER AT FIRST SIGHT. MOST OF THE DRINKING IS DONE OUTSIDE ON THE VERRANDE, AND THE PRICES KEEP THE AVERAGE PERSON COMPLETELY OUTSIDE. WENT TO THE BURLEQUES SHOW AND THEY ARE PLENTY ROUGH, INCLUDING THE PRICES. ONLY HAD A 48 HOUR PASS SO COULDN'T SEE TO MUCH. RUN INTO JIM CAIN AS I WAS CHECKING OUT MY BAG TO RETURN TO THE AERODROME.
CHEERIO FOR NOW AND WRITE WHEN YOU FIND TIME. OH YES, I'LL NOT TRY TO DESCRIBE THIS AERODROME TO YOU, BUT IF YOU EVER CROSS DEATH VALLEY-THINK OF ME.
LOVE FROM YOUR KID BROTHER, DutCh
Object Description
| Title | Smith Letter from Everett Elmer Smith; 1 Aug 1945 |
| Description | Everett describes a tour of Paris he took with the American Red Cross. He thinks everything in France is expensive. This letter is part of a 37 letter collection written to Frank A. and Dorothy Smith between March and October 1945 during World War II. The letters are from 8 different family and friends serving overseas. |
| Creator | Smith, Everett Elmer |
| Repository | Charlestown-Clark County Public Library |
| Date.Original | 1945-08-01 |
| Date.Digital | 2011-07-26 |
| Subject | Soldiers--Correspondence; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives; V-mail; American Red Cross; Sight seeing; Paris (France) |
| Item Type | text |
| Technical Metadata | Epson 10000XL, 24 bit color, 600 dpi |
| Usage Statement | Charlestown-Clark County Public Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of the copyright owners and/or holders of other rights such as publicity and/or privacy rights is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use or other statutory exemptions. There may be content that is protected as works for hire copyright held by the party that commissioned the original work and/or under the copyright or neighboring-rights laws of other nations. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. |
| Language | en |
| Digital Collection | Frank A. & Dorothy Smith Collection of World War II Letters |